Pandora is the only one I've messed with much. Typically I only use it for bike music or pool music. At home I'll put on a vinyl record or play something from my own library. In the car I use Sirius/XM.

The downfall of that is that my "thumbsup" station doesn't have a big enough selection, since most of the time I'm listening to it I'm not able to thumb song up/down.

Pandora is the only one I've messed with much. Typically I only use it for bike music or pool music. At home I'll put on a vinyl record or play something from my own library. In the car I use Sirius/XM.

The downfall of that is that my "thumbsup" station doesn't have a big enough selection, since most of the time I'm listening to it I'm not able to thumb song up/down.

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My daughter uses Pandora and loves it, she introduced me to a bunch of music today, so I may give that one a shot. Is Sirius/XM also attached to your Pandora or a separate account? Vinyl oh so nice for mood and sound quality!

My daughter uses Pandora and loves it, she introduced me to a bunch of music today, so I may give that one a shot. Is Sirius/XM also attached to your Pandora or a separate account? Vinyl oh so nice for mood and sound quality!

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Sirius/XM is satellite radio, which I have in my vehicle. So I use that while driving instead of my phone.

I use Spotify almost exclusively now. There's a few oddities where albums are not available, especially artists who have been switching record labels over long careers, but I can almost always find stuff I want plus be linked to new stuff I wasn't aware of.

I used Pandora for about 5 years, but I have been using Spotify exclusively for about 6 years now and I think it keeps getting better.

I have only rarely wanted to listen to something and it was not available on the platform. I think the algorithms and ability to have it specifically make you playlists of things you haven't heard and to monitor when the artists you like come out with new material is also very handy.

The ease of use and seamless transition between my living room, the shower, my car, or work via the app is also super neat.